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ColdFusion Flash Forms Macromedia Developer Center article - Part 2

We've had very good feedback from the first part of the ColdFusion Flash Forms article published at Macromedia. Thank you!

Many of you have asked when the second part is going to be published. The answer is: soon! But some readers have asked Macromedia and us to be able to see it sooner. So we decided to post it here for download until it is finally published at the Macromedia Developer Center.

Enjoy!

Update: The article has been published by Adobe, so these are the new links

The Real Estate Sample Application - Part 2: Managing Property Listings through Flash Forms
Sample files
Live example

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